Game-board.



.PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

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APPLICATION FILED MAR- 26, 1906.

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FERDINAND PETERS, OF GOLD SPRING, MINNESOTA.

GAME-B OARD.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed March 26. 1906-Serial No. 308.008. l

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

series of representations of ordinary playingcards, each card in theordinary pack being suitably represented upon said board, and a seriesof pins projecting upwardly from the face of said board, one for each ofsaid cards.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification; Figure1 is a plan view of a game-board embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is adetail section of the same.

In the drawings, 2 represents a board or plate formed of any desiredmaterial and of any suitable size. Marked by stamping, painting, or inany other suitable manner upon the face of the board, are a series ofrepresentations of playing-cards. If preferred these representations maybe formed upon a sheet or sheets of paper secured by suitable means tothe face of the board. 'The representations of the cards may be arrangedin any preferred manner upon the board. I prefer however, to arrangethese without any regular system, so that the cards are mixed up orshuflled. A pin 3 is secured to the board, so as to project from theface thereof either directly over or in close proximity to the face ofeach card representation.

I have shown in the drawing, the card representations arranged invertical rows, the center row containing ten card representations, therows at the right and. the left of the center containing nine, the nextrows at right and left containing seven and the outer rows eachcontaining five; but it will be obvious that these card representationsmay be arranged in any desired manner upon the face of the board.

In playing games with this board, it is intended that the board shouldbe supported in any desired manner and upon any suitable support. It maybe placed in an inclined, horizontal or vertical position. Each playerwill be provided with a certain number of rings of ap ropriate size andof suitable material and these rings willhpreferably, be differentlycolored for the di erent players. The players stand at a predetermineddistance from the board and each player throws his rings towards theboard and endeavors to have them fall over certain pins thereon. Thevalue of the hand in any game of cards represented by the encircled pinsof any player determines the standing of the player in the game. Anynumber of players may join in the game and more than one ring mayencircle the same pin.

I do not confine myself to any particular means for securing the cardrepresentations upon the board or to any particular arrangement of suchrepresentations thereon, as the same may be varied in many particulars,without departing from my invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. The herein described game-board, having a series of representationsof playingcards upon its face and a pin projecting from the face of theboard for each of said representations.

2. A game-board comprising a board or plate having upon its face, aseries of representations of playing-cards, with a pin projecting fromthe face of the board in the space occupied by each of said cards.

3. The herein described game-board comprising a suitable plate or board,having upon its face the representations of the fifty-two cardscomprised in a deck of ordinary playing-cards and a pin projecting fromthe face of the board in the space occupied by each. of the said cardrepresentations.

4. The herein described game-board comprising a suitable plate or boardhaving upon its face the representations of the fifty-two cardscomprised in a deck of ordinary playing-cards, irregularly arranged, anda pin projecting from the face of the board in the space occupied byeach of the said card representations.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of March1906.

FERDINAND PETER S.

suitable Witnesses:

A. 0. PAUL, J. H. BALDWIN.

